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JANUARY
• Through Feb. 8: Register for Senior Games
Register for Dallas 2019 Senior Games that take place Feb. 28-March 10. Fun walk and fun run, basketball, bowling, corn hole, golf, pickleball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track & field and on March 16 cycling. Contact 214-671-1602 or pkrseniorprograms@dallascityhall.com. Info at DallasParks.org.
• Jan. 18: Little Black Dress
Little Black Dress FashionCITED preview party benefits Legal Hospice of Texas from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at
Goodson Acura, 4801 Lemmon Ave.
• Jan. 18: DFW Federal Club happy hour
DFW Federal Club Happy Hour from 6-8 p.m. at Hilton Park Cities, 5954 Luther Lane.
• Jan. 19: Halftime Gaybingo
Gaybingo from 5-9 p.m. at the Rose Room, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. Tickets at rcdallas.org.
• Jan. 19: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Gala
Reconciliation: Moving the Dream Forward with keynote speaker Michael Eric Dyson and Crystal Aikin from 6:30-9 p.m. in the Landmark Ballroom at Hyatt Regency Dallas, 300 Reunion Blvd. Tickets at 214-671-1505.
• Jan. 19: Scarborough Faire auditions
Come be a part of a theater experience like no other. Auditions for volunteer lane performers (actors and musicians) for Scarborough Renaissance Festival’s performing company — Scarborough Academy of Performing Arts (SAPA) — will be held 9 a.m.–noon and 1:30–4:30 p.m. Auditions are by appointment at SAPA@SRFestival.com.
• Jan. 20: Dallas Women’s March
Meet at St. Paul UMC, 1816 Routh St. at 2 p.m. and march to Dallas City Hall.
• Jan. 21: Snooze
Enjoy free breakfast at a pre-opening benefit to help kick of Legacy Counseling Center’s 30th year at Snooze, 3211 Oak Lawn Ave. RSVP to snoozeeatery.com/OakLawn-Opening and enter SNOOZEOAKLAWN2019.
• Jan. 22: Grief support group
LGBT grief support group for people who have lost a same-sex partner from 7-8:30 p.m. at Resource Center,
5750 Cedar Springs Road.
• Jan. 22: DIVA new member clinic
Dallas Independent Volleyball Association, the largest gay sports organization in Dallas and second lasrgest gay volleyball organization in the U.S., offers free new member clinics. From 7-10 p.m. at Advantage Sports Center, 2800 N. I-35E, Carrollton. Register for clinic at DIVADallas.org. Each clinic is open to 25 people.
• Jan. 22: Family Night at Durkins Pizza
GALA family night’s 10th year of networking, socializing, happy hour, rock n’ roll and pizza and 10 percent of proceeds benefits GALA Youth from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Durkins Pizza,
8930 State Hwy 121, McKinney.
• Jan. 22: BEN After Hours
Monthly networking program is open to Chamber members and escorted guests from 5:30-7 p.m. at Two Corks and a Bottle, 2650 Laclede St. Suite 150.
• Jan. 23: Stonewall Democrats Tarrant County
Former Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns is the guest at a membership drive for Stonewall Democrats Tarrant County at 6 p.m. at Urban Cowboy,
2620 E. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth.
• Jan. 23, 24: DIVA new member clinic
Dallas Independent Volleyball Association offers free new member clinics. From 6:30-9 p.m. at Polk Recreation Center, 6801 Roper St. Register for clinic at DIVADallas.org. Each clinic is open to 25 people.
• Jan. 24: GLBT Chamber BEN
GLBT Chamber of Commerce and GALA North Texas Business Exchange Network from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Henry’s, 5741 Legacy Drive, Suite 100, Plano.
• Jan. 24: Prime Timers
Dallas Fort Worth Prime Timers goes out to dinner at 7 p.m. at The Mockingbird Diner, 3130 W. Mockingbird Lane.
• Jan. 26: Oral History Team Training
The Dallas Ways holds training to conduct and transcribe oral history interviews from noon-5 p.m. RSVP or contact with questions thedallasway.nino@gmail.com. Space is limited.
• Jan. 26: Resource Center Legal Clinic
Resource Center and University of North Texas present a legal clinic on changing gender markers and names from 2-5 p.m. at Resource Center,
5750 Cedar Springs Road. RSVP to attend. MyResourceCenter.org.
• Jan. 26: Prime Timers
Bring a friend to lunch and spades tournament at 11:30 a.m. at Two Guys from Italy, 11637 Webb Chapel Road.
• Jan. 27: HRC Pin Down Equality Bowling Fundraiser
Federal Club presents Pin Down Equality Bowling Tournament and Fundraiser with bowling, pizza and soft drinks, a silent auction and more from 1-3 p.m. at AMF Richardson Lanes, 2101 N. Central Expressway, Richardson.
• Jan. 27: Prime Timers
Visit then games at a private home in Rockwall from 2:30-5 p.m. RSVP by text or call 214-218-0912.
• Jan. 27: Bishop Yvette Flunder at CoH
Bishop Yvette Flunder will preach at morning services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road.
• Jan. 27: SPCA Paws Cause
Enjoy food from local restaurants, drinks and entertainment to benefit the Southern Dallas Spay/Neuter Clinic and hang out with dogs and cats from 6-9 p.m. at Jan Rees Jones Animal Care Center, 2400 Lone Star Drive.
Tickets at PawsCauseDallas.com.
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• Weekly: Lambda Weekly at 1 p.m. on Sunday on 89.3 KNON-FM with David Taffet, Lerone Landis and the late Patti Fink. This week’s guest is gender consultant Monica Prata; Core Group Meeting every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.; Fuse game night every Monday evening except the last of the month at 8 p.m. at the Fuse space in the 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; FuseConnect every Wednesday from 7 p.m. For more information call or e-mail Jalenzski at 214-760-9718 ext. 3 or Jalenzski@myresourcecenter.org; LGBT square dancing group Pegasus Squares meets every Sunday from 2:30–4:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, 4105 Junius St. For more info, email pegasussquares@gmail.com; Dallas Frontrunners meet for a walk or run on the Katy Trail at Oak Lawn Park, Turtle Creek and Hall Street, every Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. and every Saturday at 9 a.m.; Leadership Lambda Toastmasters practices and develops speaking and leadership skills from 6:30–8 p.m. on Tuesdays at First Unitarian Church, third floor of the Hallman Building, 4012 St. Andrews; Gray Pride support group from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. followed by mixer every Monday at Resource Center, 5750 Cedar Springs Road; Lambda AA meets at 7 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and has a men’s meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturdays and meets at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday at 1575 W. Mockingbird Lane #625. Call 214-267-0222 for details; LGBT Sex Addicts Anonymous meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at 1919 Independence St., Room 19, Plano. 972-316-9188 for details; Leadership Lambda Toastmasters gay-identified Toastmasters group meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every Monday at the First Unitarian Church, 4015 Normandy Road (does not meet on Mondays that are holidays); United Black Ellument hosts discussion on HIV/AIDS in the black community (UBE Connected) at 7 p.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month at 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; DVtv in Spayse, news and entertainment discussion live streaming every Friday, 4–5 p.m., on the Spayse Station YouTube channel.
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DIVA, The Dallas Invitational Volleyball Association, holds new member clinics on three nights next week.
See listings for details.
